Marius Sepet - Jeanne d'Arc - 1885

Charming illustrated edition of this work devoted to the figure of Joan of Arc, heroine of French history whose exceptional destiny, at the heart of the Hundred Years' War, has gradually acquired a dimension that is historical, religious, patriotic and legendary -

Historian and author of numerous works aimed notably at teaching and popular history, Marius Sepet here addresses Joan's journey from her childhood in Lorraine to her decisive role with the Dauphin Charles, her involvement in the liberation of Orléans, her accompaniment of the sovereign to Reims and her arrest, trial, then her condemnation and execution in Rouen in 1431 -

The narrative thus places the young girl back into the particularly difficult context of 15th-century France, then divided by dynastic rivalries and deeply affected by the consequences of the war with England -

Marius Sepet - Jeanne d'Arc - 1885 - Alfred Mame et Fils -

Very good condition of the binding, the binding in its original half-brown leather, marbled boards, light wear from use, gilded edges, smooth spine finely decorated, gilded title and author name, gilded borders on the boards -

Very good interior condition, rare foxing, beautiful vignette on the title page, the work enriched with beautiful black illustrations hors texte, text clean, interior fresh, marbled endleaves in good condition, a fine copy -

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